A Guide to Florida Governors and the Florida Cabinet

Spessard Holland

Twenty-eighth governor: January 7, 1941 to January 2, 1945

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Lt. Governor: None

First Lady: Mary Agnes Groover Holland

Florida Cabinet

Secretary of State:

Robert A. Gray (1930-1961)

Comptroller:

J. M. (James Martin) Lee (1933-1946)

Treasurer:

J. Edwin Larson (1941-1965)

Commissioner of Agriculture:

Nathan Mayo (1923-1960)

Attorney General:

J. Tom Watson (1941-1949)

Supt. of Public Instruction:

Colin English (1937-1949)

Florida Photographic Collection:

• Images related to Spessard Holland.
  • Search Holland, Spessard L. (Spessard Lindsey), 1892-1971 in the Florida Photographic Collection.

Collections at the State Archives of Florida:

• RG 102 Governors (1929-1971)
  • S 406 Correspondence 1941-1945
• RG 104 Governor (1979-1987 : Graham)
  • S 1306 Oral history program files, 1980-1984

Other Repositories:

• Papers, Strozier Library, Florida State University.
• Papers, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida.

Published Materials:

• Evans, Jon. “Florida Politics in the Shadow of War: The 1940 Governor’s Race.” MA Thesis: Florida State University, 2000.

Related Links:

• Spessard Holland, Florida Governors' Portraits, Museum of Florida History.
• Spessard Holland, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.